Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-01-20
CAUGHT ON THE CORNERS.
What Some OF the Mexico People sand
Sunday 10 Ledger Reporters
At the P0st-Oflce.

Ch0S. III. lag: CONSISTENCY, thou
alta jewel | was just talking with
a friend about the LEDaER's consis-
teney. Now, when Dan X. Shields
was here, the LEDGER pitched into
him and gave him fits" particularly
about the way he talked of the Mex
leo Ministry, saying he, an outsider,
had no tight tn abuse home folks in
that n Now. I see Elder Kin.
caid, an outsider" comes here and
abuses a homo minister, and a home
church, but the LEDGER dosen't say
a word against him. How is tina,
for consistency? I'll tell you how il
s Shields was stepping on the
LEDGER's toes, and the LEDGER didn't
like it, while Kincaid isn't. But the
cases are sufficiently similar for com.
parison.
Officer Bunton: No, there is moth.
ing going OIL to-day !; there rarely is
of Sundays, but the warm sunshine
brings the candidates for the city of.
fees out in good shape. I am pretty
creditabiy informed that there is 6
new candidate in the field for City
Recorder; who he is however,
guess l won't say just now, nor until
it becomes pretty generally known.
The crowds that gather in and about
the post-office on Sunday are large,
but always good natured, and jostle
one another about as if they enjoyed
it.
Superintendent Mdrtien: 1 am re.
minded Of a story which shows what
prejudice will do for a man. A we'll
TODD and intelligent farmer went in
to an office in this city The other day
and asked for a drink of water. He
was shown the hydrant and dipper,
hut instead, took a drink from q
bucket near by. When asked his
reason for doing 50, he said he didn't
want to drink any of that 'sloppy
pond stuff from the Water-works,''
but he didn't say any more when
told the bucket was filled from the
very hydrant he refused to drink
from.
j. B Queen: Many business men
when buying out an establishment,
hind-or think they do-their pre-
dccessOr not to enter the same bust
ness for a year, or two years, as the
case might be, when such an agree
ment, in a legal light, is utterly of no
account. The law does not provide
that a man may bind himself not to
go into business again, andi it is mere
ly a matter of honor.
". p. Hooton: Sunday business
amouts to nothing in Mexico. Why,
if the business men who keep open
on Sunday had to have a Sunday
trade all week, they wouldn't make
salt. The open stores are all we'll
filed on Sundays, but the people
don't buy, they merely put in their
time waiting for the post-office to
open, Or for "church time," etc.
Thurston Duncan: l see you ran
up your cold wave flag this afternoon,
and believe the prediction will come
true, though the signal service de-
partment sometimes goes wrong.
That reminds me of the other day,
when the barometer was 80 low, and
everybody expected a storm, but it
didn't come, so you see there are ex-
ceptions to the best of rules.
". ". Settle: Do you fellows
gather news on Sunday the same as
any other daya 1t has always been
strange to me why you didn't print a
paper Sunday, there is a good deal
of news flying, and the people would
have the time to read it. But I guess
you know your business-if it would
pay it would have been tried long
ago.
j. Il. Haydon: Yes, the very
time a mar wants a Sunday paper,
there is no newsboy in sight, but he has
no sooner obtained one, until a dozen
boys pop up, all wanting you to pat.
ronize them. 1t looks strange, butts
nevertheless a fact.
Charley (Pete) CardUeU: I don't
know who will win in the billiard
tournament, but sc. B." and Dur
Sam are doing some good work,
though it is impossible to tell who
will come out first.
Logan Cordner: l find the new
incandescent electric light to be very
satisfactory. In u shop, we obtain
about as much light from two of them
as from five or six oil lamps, and
they cost no more.
Billie Morris window full of birds
is the centre of attraction.
The city politicians begin to show
up and tell how their wards are going
Sunday afternoon is q harvest fol
the n%ewsboys; their sales are near.
ly double.
ST. Gilbert knows of several houses
to be built in the spring. We viii
have q boom.
A. M. Harrison says he is goine
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